Facebook Needs An Enema

I have been finding myself un-checking the "Show In News Feed" button on some of my Facebook "friends" recently.  I can't believe some of the ignorance and lack of fact checking on some of these posts.  Investigate before you re-post.  I am embarrassed for some of you.  And I will continue to not read your stuff, but won't block or delete you, because that is the close minded mentality that disturbs me in the first place.  Political opinions, religious over-expression, and now gun control.  Or sometimes a combination of all three.  

Is it to much to ask to actually read more than one article, or watch one news channel, before blasting a post  stating what you believe to be "facts"?  Even with the busy life I have, I make a conscious effort to read up on laws, events, and culture for meaningful conversations with other educated people.  Even with the investigation I do, it is never enough for me to feel like an expert.  I believe that if you don't read or learn, then you are spitting vitriol and simply look foolish.  So please stop filling the world with junk information.  An opinion is one thing, but when you preach it as if it is fact, then you are failing. Take your biases out of the equation and think about what you are really supporting.

One more point is that the breaking news we are force fed is usually less than complete due to the media not having all of the facts, and we wonder why Facebookers are embarrassing themselves.  They are simply replicating what they see on TV.  Sound familiar??  Hell even the Jackass series of movies has a disclaimer not attempt the stupid acts that they try.  

OUT!